EXCLUSIVE: Billy Porter’s What If? from Orion Pictures has set Eva Reign, Abubakr Ali and Renee Elise Goldsberry to star in Porter’s feature directorial debut which begins production today in Pittsburgh, PA.
Courtnee Carter, Kelly Lamor Wilson, and Grant Reynolds round out the cast. The film’s global casting search was overseen by Alexa Fogel.
Unfortunately, due to complications owing to backlogs during Covid that have impacted UK citizens coming to the US for work, and after exhausting all avenues over several months’ time, the production was unable to secure a work visa in time for Yasmin Finney, the original actress cast. The film follows Kelsa (Reign), a Trans high school senior in this modern coming-of-age story.
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